stevegrant Posted 22 April, 2013 Posted 22 April, 2013 Robert Madley has been appointed to referee our game on Saturday, it'll be his first in the Premier League. I assume the powers that be have had to relegate so many of the elite list in recent weeks for terrible performances that it's meant they've had to draft others in to replace them.
The9 Posted 22 April, 2013 Posted 22 April, 2013 Great, can someone try and persuade him that kicking the ball past Boruc is a free kick, and we get given a goal every time we complete 10 consecutive passes ?
Saint Garrett Posted 22 April, 2013 Posted 22 April, 2013 Cant be any worse than some of the dross we've had this season.
stevegrant Posted 22 April, 2013 Author Posted 22 April, 2013 He must be fairly highly rated, to be fair, as he wasn't even on the Football League list until two seasons ago.
Nexstar Posted 22 April, 2013 Posted 22 April, 2013 He must be fairly highly rated, to be fair, as he wasn't even on the Football League list until two seasons ago. Stuart Atwell though... Remember this guy we've got did a very feisty Forest v Derby game last year. Thought he coped quite well considering, but he's making a quick step up to the prem.
John Boy Saint Posted 22 April, 2013 Posted 22 April, 2013 Will his Mum Judy Finnegan be in the Itchen soft seats with his Dad Richard. Hat Coat I won't let the door bang on my backside on the way out.
Appy Posted 22 April, 2013 Posted 22 April, 2013 He can't be much worse than some of the refs we've had this year Mike Dean comes to mind.
70's Mike Posted 22 April, 2013 Posted 22 April, 2013 He must be fairly highly rated, to be fair, as he wasn't even on the Football League list until two seasons ago. just means he impresses the assessor not necessarily a good ref , jobs worth
Saint Charlie Posted 22 April, 2013 Posted 22 April, 2013 Martin Atkinson has been the worst this year for me.
JustMike Posted 22 April, 2013 Posted 22 April, 2013 Martin Atkinson has been the worst this year for me. Foy for me!
CanadaSaint Posted 22 April, 2013 Posted 22 April, 2013 Foy for me! Jeez, there's a hell of a lot of competition. Friend, Mason, Atkinson and Foy are dire - and seemingly getting worse. I don't ever remember seeing it this bad.
Window Cleaner Posted 22 April, 2013 Posted 22 April, 2013 Jeez, there's a hell of a lot of competition. Friend, Mason, Atkinson and Foy are dire - and seemingly getting worse. I don't ever remember seeing it this bad. I think that you just have to admit that the game has become too evolved for one bloke to control for 90 minutes albeit with the aid of 2 far away assistants. Sooner or later it will have to come to video arbitrage for important decisions, something like all goals being reviewed unless they're absdolutely clear cut.
The9 Posted 22 April, 2013 Posted 22 April, 2013 I think that you just have to admit that the game has become too evolved for one bloke to control for 90 minutes albeit with the aid of 2 far away assistants. Sooner or later it will have to come to video arbitrage for important decisions, something like all goals being reviewed unless they're absdolutely clear cut. My take on video technology is that we should do away with refs entirely and just have a guy with a load of screens in a booth issuing commands via PA and video scoreboard. Because let's face it, once we get into artificial goal-line technology, we may as well just sign it all away to television and 15 years down the line it'll be as stage-managed as WWE. Which is fine for WWE, but not really what I want in my football matches.
CanadaSaint Posted 22 April, 2013 Posted 22 April, 2013 I think that you just have to admit that the game has become too evolved for one bloke to control for 90 minutes albeit with the aid of 2 far away assistants. Sooner or later it will have to come to video arbitrage for important decisions, something like all goals being reviewed unless they're absdolutely clear cut. I agree with that. I've mentioned before that the National Hockey League became so fast-moving that they introduced a second referee in 1999. It's far from perfect but it's much better than it was. I'd be sad to see the introduction of video review in football, and a second ref might delay the day when that needs to be seriously considered.
Lighthouse Posted 22 April, 2013 Posted 22 April, 2013 Are we talking about Saints vs West Brom or the Flemming Park match?
Stu Man Do Posted 22 April, 2013 Posted 22 April, 2013 How we've gotten to post #15 without mention of the awfulness that is Clattenberg I do not know! Hopefully this guy can't be worse than him or the other elite refs already mentioned on this list ;-)
Saint Garrett Posted 22 April, 2013 Posted 22 April, 2013 I see no reason why having 2 refs cant happen in football.
hasper57saint Posted 22 April, 2013 Posted 22 April, 2013 Foy and Clattenberg are the worst I've seen this season so a 'new' face might just see us in a better light?
Golden Balls Posted 22 April, 2013 Posted 22 April, 2013 Worst ref of all time for me is Peter Walton. He was the ref when we beat Leeds 1-0 at home. He was terrible for both sides. He then took charge of another game of ours and that was the 2nd worst refereeing performance I'd ever seen. Totally inept.
Crab Lungs Posted 22 April, 2013 Posted 22 April, 2013 Worst ref of all time for me is Peter Walton. He was the ref when we beat Leeds 1-0 at home. He was terrible for both sides. He then took charge of another game of ours and that was the 2nd worst refereeing performance I'd ever seen. Totally inept. Brighton home. He gave penalties that weren't and didn't give the ones which were stonewall, as well as many other dubious decisions. Clattenburg this year has been utterly terrible.
Nigel=God-Poyet=Sod Posted 22 April, 2013 Posted 22 April, 2013 Worst ref of all time for me is Peter Walton. He was the ref when we beat Leeds 1-0 at home. He was terrible for both sides. He then took charge of another game of ours and that was the 2nd worst refereeing performance I'd ever seen. Totally inept. Yea he reffed our game against Brighton at home last year when we won 3-0 but gave some ridiculous decisions for both sides. Andy D'Urso is the worst ever for me - will never forgive him for sending off Rickie away at the Amex last year after he was rugby tackled. Atkinson is terrible but we have won twice under him at home: Newcastle & Man City.
stevegrant Posted 22 April, 2013 Author Posted 22 April, 2013 Chelsea did Clattenburg a massive favour with that Jon Obi Mikel racism allegation, as it completely removed the heat from an absolutely atrocious refereeing performance by Clattenburg and shifted all the focus to the racism claim.
Bensfcno1 Posted 22 April, 2013 Posted 22 April, 2013 I see no reason why having 2 refs cant happen in football. Could you imagine turning up on Saturday to see Foy and Clattenberg as the official match day Ref's? Don't know I've I'd be able to cope. Means they would need double the amount of standard refs, how far down the leagues would/could this happen?
St Jim Posted 22 April, 2013 Posted 22 April, 2013 All time worst Premier League referee - Uriah Rennie.
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